As well as, Wink Martindale is flying in for an in-person interview with the Jets for his or her vacant defensive coordinator place on Saturday. SNY first reported Martindale coming in for a second interview.
Important modifications had been anticipated following a horrific 2025 season. The Jets had been outscored 188-54 of their ultimate 5 video games.
Gang Inexperienced completed twenty fifth in yards allowed (355.6) and thirty first in factors (29.6). Glenn fired Steve Wilks following an embarrassing 48-20 Week 15 loss to the Jaguars.
The Jets had been additionally equally horrible offensively, rating twenty ninth in yards (263.6) and factors per recreation (17.6).
Gang Inexperienced has beforehand interviewed eight candidates for its defensive coordinator function, together with Martindale. Chris Harris, who was the interim defensive coordinator for the ultimate three video games after Wilks was fired; defensive move recreation coordinator and assistant head coach Jim Leonhard; Vikings defensive passing recreation coordinator and defensive backs coach Daronte Jones; Browns safeties coach Ephraim Banda; Dolphins cornerback coach Mathieu Araujo’ Lions defensive assistant Jim O’Neil and Packers defensive position coach and run recreation coordinator DeMarcus Covington.
Martindale, 62, has been the prohibitive favourite to land the Jets defensive coordinator function. He has seven years of NFL defensive coordinator expertise with the Broncos, Ravens and the Giants.
For the previous two seasons, Martindale served as Michigan’s defensive coordinator underneath former coach Sherrone Moore.
In his ultimate season because the Giants’ defensive coordinator in 2023, Martindale led a unit that was tied for the league in turnovers (31). The Jets completed with a league-low 4 turnovers in 2025.
